Are you asking the right questions to get at the core of your business?

Success This Year Starts At The Core Of Your Business

As another year comes to a close, this is the time where we start to reflect on the past year.  What went great.  What didn’t go so great.  Where we would like to improve.  We then put together a plan or a set of resolutions on how next year will be different.  Before you finalize your plans for world domination, I have one piece of advice, don’t ignore the core of your business. What’s the core of your business?  The core of your business consists of why you exist, where you are going and what your business values.  You may know the core of your business by another set of

Your Employees Are Not You

Your Employees Are Not You

Bringing people together in a group and getting them to work together is never a very simple, straightforward practice.  The main reason for this is that we all have different set of experience as well as a different set of values that we utilize when working.  This is especially hard for business owners who wonder why their employees aren’t the same as they are. If you have ever been or are currently in a leadership position or run a business, you know how exciting it can be.  We want to get started and change the world.  We’re smart, we work hard, we care deeply etc.  Things get difficult for us

Measuring Results Starts With Clarity

Measuring Results Starts With Clarity

Measuring results is important for any organization to have long term sustainable success.  Before you can understand what results you need and why, you need to make sure that you understand your business at its’ core.  Before you mearsure results, you mist have clarity in place. I have already talked about why mission, vision and values are important to your business.  They really are the foundation for everything that you do and your results are no different. Many small business owners wander ahead with their business without understanding the fundamental questions about their business.  Questions such as: Why do I exist?  Where do I want to go?  What’s most important